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Curious about Lowriders


Series
Curious about Cool Rides

by
Grack, Rachel

Edition
Library edition
Publisher
Amicus
Imprint
Amicus
ISBN
9781645491170
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Appeal to budding car lovers with this question-and-answer book covering lowrider parts, paint jobs, and history. Simple infographics draw in browsers and visual learners. Includes table of contents, glossary, index, and mini media literacy lesson.

How do you make a lowrider bounce? Spark early readers' natural curiosity about cool rides with this inquiry-based nonfiction approach to lowriders. Lowriding means riding low and slow in a mobile work of art. Popularized in the 1940s by Mexican Americans in California, lowriding became a way to show pride in Chicano culture. Later, added hydraulic suspensions let the cars move up and down as if they were dancing. Appeal to budding car lovers with this question-and-answer book covering lowrider parts, paint jobs, and history. Simple infographics draw in browsers and visual learners. A Stay Curious! feature encourages kids to keep asking questions while doubling as a mini media literacy lesson on research skills. Includes table of contents, glossary, and index.

Details

Format

Print

Page Count

24

Trim Size

7" x 9"

Dewey

629.222

AR

2.7: points 0.5

Lexile

510L

Genre

Nonfic

Scholastic Reading Counts

0

JLG Release

Mar 2023

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Praise & Reviews

School Library Journal

School Library Journal

Library Journal

PreS-Gr 2-Following a readable question and answer format, this series fills readers in on all the basics of the coolest, fastest cars on the planet. Infographic-style sections throughout each book share information visually, relaying anything from the different stunts a monster truck can do in Monster Trucks to what the different colors and patterns of racing flags mean in Dragsters. Perhaps the coolest moment is when Grack notes the importance of lowriders in Mexican culture, with the accompanying photos reflecting that cultural focus. The back-and-forth feel of the writing has a personable tone that allows information to be delivered with casual ease. Readers are encouraged to stay curious, suggesting ways to evaluate the text and photos to identify more questions they can ask, then directing them where to search for answers once their interest has been piqued. VERDICT A first purchase series for all libraries.?(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Praise & Reviews

School Library Journal

School Library Journal

Library Journal

PreS-Gr 2-Following a readable question and answer format, this series fills readers in on all the basics of the coolest, fastest cars on the planet. Infographic-style sections throughout each book share information visually, relaying anything from the different stunts a monster truck can do in Monster Trucks to what the different colors and patterns of racing flags mean in Dragsters. Perhaps the coolest moment is when Grack notes the importance of lowriders in Mexican culture, with the accompanying photos reflecting that cultural focus. The back-and-forth feel of the writing has a personable tone that allows information to be delivered with casual ease. Readers are encouraged to stay curious, suggesting ways to evaluate the text and photos to identify more questions they can ask, then directing them where to search for answers once their interest has been piqued. VERDICT A first purchase series for all libraries.?(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Grades K-2
Series Nonfiction
Social Studies Grades K-2
For Grades K-2

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$312.24 per Year
Interests
Beginning Readers,Character/Good Citizenship,Nonfiction
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